 Okay. Oops. Welcome back everyone. Somebody's mic is okay. Yeah, I just wanted to pick up from where we left off. I think Shani's question. Can we profess or use our gifts at church? Just want to make one comment there. Like when it comes to ministering in the prophetic. So we do it. You know, recognizing the divine order in the church, you know, it's the main thing, you know, the Lord has placed people in spiritual leadership, probably the pastor of that church and maybe elders who are there. So the right thing to do, you know, if you want to be moving in the prophetic is, you know, just wait for that time. You know, maybe the pastor says, okay, if anyone has a word for the church, you know, maybe you can share it right now. That would be the right time to share at that moment. Or maybe the pastor would say, why don't you pray over each other and if the Lord has a word, maybe speak that word for that person. You know, there could be that flexibility of freedom in some churches and maybe that would be the right time to do. So if there is specific word for the leadership, it would be best to write it down maybe and share it with the, you know, the leadership or the pastor after the service or if it's for someone in the church relating to the leadership, you know, something like that. Again, to wait for that right time, you know, and then share it with the leadership. So that is what I meant when I said, you know, you share it with the leadership. So all these factors are there. So that we don't, we do it in the right way. Yeah. I hope that helps, Shani. Okay. I think Shiba, your mic is unmuted. Okay. Your mic is muted. Fine. Thank you. I thought it was unmuted. Okay. So let's move on. Okay. Let's just move on to a few other questions. You know, if you hear the questions that we might have, do we have to tarry or do we have to wait, you know, in order to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit? Right? Do we have to wait for, let's say a week or 10 days or 20 days in order to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit? Okay. So the thing is this, we see both, right? In Acts chapter two, we see that the people who are actually gathering together and praying and they were waiting, but they were waiting for the Lord was actually releasing the baptism or the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. He's waiting for that Kyra's moment, which was the feast of Pentecost. And after soon after that, we see that it was Samaria or Ephesus or Cornelius house. We see that it was happening right then and there. So the thing is this, that we can actually pray, believing, expecting for the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Right? So we don't have to necessarily wait or tarry, you know, as the old English word is tarry in order to be baptized in the Spirit. Okay. Another question. Okay. I think this we know. Do I need to have hands laid on me to receive baptism? The obvious answer is no. God can use, you know, a brother or a sister to pray over us about we don't necessarily, if in the absence of, you know, somebody to lay hands and pray, that doesn't mean that the Lord cannot fill you with the Spirit. You know, for me, it happened. Nobody was there. Right? And I actually started praying in tongues. There was one brother who actually prayed over me, but six months later when I actually started praying in tongues, it was just me. In fact, it was most unspiritual of circumstances, situations. I was in traffic on my bike, going to meet a client as working in sales at that time. And that's how it, you know, in the midst of traffic, you know, the honking and all the noise and all the exhaust smoke and all that, I started praying in tongues. Right? So, okay. Do I need to be baptized in water before I can pray for the baptism of the Holy Spirit? Obvious answer is no. There's no set order for that. Right? Does tongues always have to be understood? I think we address that, right? There are different kinds of tongues. And I would encourage us to read that publication. The wonderful benefit of praying in tongues in order to understand the full, you know, the expansion of or the scope of the benefits or the blessings that the gift of tongues brings into the life of a believer. Okay? It's not just edification. There's so much more. Right? Okay. So, so what do I do in order to receive this beautiful, wonderful baptism of the Holy Spirit? Okay. First of all, understand that it is for us. It is for you. It is for me. Right? If there are any doubts, there's any apprehensions about, oh, you know, I have been living a kind of life that is not pleasing. So maybe God will have me wait till I come to that place of being holy in order for me to be baptized. Understand that the Holy Spirit, you know, he comes to lead us into holiness. Right? From where we are to progressively walk in holiness and sanctification, not the other way around. We wait till we are sufficiently holy or sufficiently consecrated for him to fill us. It's the other way around. I want to come and I want to change you from the inside out. Right? And I want to fill you, baptize you, release these gifts within you so that you will be built up, edified from the inside out. Okay? So I just need to keep aside all these sense of worthlessness if it is there, a sense of, you know, maybe I don't deserve this, put it all away. Right? So the Lord Jesus, he went to the cross. He died on the cross while we were yet sinners. Right? While we were yet sinners. He didn't wait for us to be holy enough, good enough, and then go to the cross. While we were yet sinners, he went to the cross. And the Holy Spirit, you know, he has come. So because by the Spirit, we can put to death the deeds of the body. Right? Incorporating with him. He wants to, not only for personal consecration and holiness, but also to minister to a world that is outside. Right? Dying world to reach out and to be a witness with power. Okay? Right? So who's the person we look up to? It's Jesus. It's the Lord Jesus. Right? He's the baptizer in the Holy Spirit. He's the one who baptizes us. It's not the man of God, woman of God, nothing. It is the Lord Jesus who baptizes us with the Holy Spirit. So we look up to him and we put our faith in him and we take a step of faith. Okay? This is what we see in Galatians 3 and verse 13 and 14. Okay? Galatians 3 versus 13 and 14. I'm in chapter 4. I'm just looking at a few points here. It says that Paul is writing to this church, which is trying to get back into the law, doing some things. You know, those steps, I need to do these things. I need to keep this thing in order for God to use me, in order for the spirit of God to move in me. He's writing to them and he's saying, Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it is written cursed as everyone who hangs on a tree, that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the spirit through faith. So that is how we receive the promise of the spirit. It is always through faith. So we put our faith in him, in his promise, in his instruction, and we receive the promise of the spirit. Okay? Do I need to tell the Lord how desperate I am? Or do I need to tell him how important it is for him to fill me? Do I need to tell him over and over again? Do I need to use these words to convince him? Sometimes that goes on. I need to convince God. I need to tell him, show him how desperate I am. Well, that desperation and hunger and faith can be in your heart. But we are not trying to convince God. We are not trying to arm twist God in any way. Because he's already placed, established it. He's more than willing to pour out his spirit upon us. More than willing. So we are not trying to twist his arm in any way. Expect. Expect. Expect to speak in other tongues. The thing with the gift of tongues is that, or with us, is that we can only speak one language at a time. Yes or no? Right now I'm speaking in English, and I can speak only in English at this time. So I need to stop speaking in English, to speak in Hindi. I can't speak both English and Hindi at the same time. So that's the thing with the gift of tongues also. So many times we speak in English, or in our own language that we know, and we are praying and we are saying hallelujah and praise the Lord, and we are wondering why is nothing happening? Well, the Holy Spirit will give us the words, but we need to speak it out, and we can only speak one language at a time. Just understand that. These are some practical things. Another thing to understand, and to really take a hold of, the words or any language is made up of sounds. The word that I speak is a sound. It's a, you know, this word sound. It's a sound and which you understand, which you take in and we understand. It's a sound. Similarly, the utterance is given by the Holy Spirit are sounds, words which are made up of sounds. And when we don't understand the sounds, we hold back and don't speak them out. It's a thing, our rational mind kicks in. Don't speak it, right? The mind says don't speak it. You don't understand it. The sounds we heard, forget it. Understand that language, words, these are sounds. And when we, yes, it is true that, you know, when we speak, Paul says, my understanding is unfruitful, so we don't understand it, understand these sounds. But when you sense in your spirit, this word, I need to speak this out. I need to pronounce it. I need to say it or sing it. Do that. Do that in faith. Okay. Yeah. So those are some things that we just wanted to address. Right. So we're going to talk about baptism of the Holy Spirit. So what are we going to do now? You know, if there's any other question about what I just shared about receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit, we can address that. Any questions here? Yeah. Yeah. So who were they speaking to? Who were they addressing? Is that your question? On contents 14. So the thing is this, you know, there are tons of tongues. When we see there are tons for personal edification. There are tons as a sign for the unbeliever. There are tons for intercession and so on. Right. So, so when we understand that this is a scope of tongues, these are the different kinds of tongues that we see. Then yeah. So that's for the purpose of learning. But the thing is to just go ahead and pray, go ahead and speak it out anyway. So, so when you know that there are different kinds of tongues, then this makes sense. Right. So they were, what were they doing? They were actually praying and they were magnifying God, the magnifying the Lord in different languages. And it was a sign to the unbelievers at that time. So you can say, okay, this is a tongue as a sign to the unbeliever. There's something supernatural was happening. And that sign pointed them to salvation, brought them closer. So tongues as a sign for the unbeliever. Tongues for personal edification. Paul says, I pray in tongue. I don't understand it, but I, my spirit is being edified. Right. So, yeah. So it's not for interpretation. Not that it's just I'm being edified. I finished praying for extra rows of time and I come out of a good, a good strength and I'm being edified, refreshed. So that's, that's the other. So, so in that sense, there's no contradiction in the purpose of the use of tongues, different kinds of tongues that we see. Okay. So what we're going to do now is pray. And we're going to pray and ask the Lord to fill us, baptize us in the Holy Spirit. And those of us who are watching online, you know, right where you are is pray. We've heard the word and we've seen that those of us who have never been baptized or never, you know, the gift of time is something that is not part of our lives. Pray believing that the Lord is for us, for you. And pray believing that the Lord, he's actually desiring. So you step out in faith and we're going to pray right now. Okay. And for those of us here also, we're going to do the same thing. Okay. We're going to pray and then I asked Pastor Nancy also to come and pray. So we're going to just pray, you know, over everyone right now, generally just pray and say, even as you pray, pray and say, Lord, you're the baptizer. So baptize me with the Holy Spirit and fire. Lord, you're the baptizer. You release the gift of tongues in me. You release all the gifts in me. Right. And go ahead and take that step of faith. And even as the Lord gives the utterance, let man speak out, you know, let us as believers speak out those words, speak out those words loud enough for you to hear. And I just want to say online students, you know, whatever's happening in person can happen online as well. We've had testimonies of people, you know, just receiving words of knowledge and also, you know, beginning to pray in tongues for the first time, right where they were. Right. So if it is conducive, you know, wherever you are, you just begin to pray out in in tongues, you know, pray out out loud so that you can hear if it is conducive for you. Okay. Let's shall we pray? Right. So let's all, why don't we all stand up? Okay. Let's pray. You pray in your heart. You know, just pray, Lord, thank you. Thank you for the word. Thank you for these instructions. Thank you for these promises. You know, you pray to the Lord and you just invite the Lord to do great things in you today. And pray that simple prayer and say, Lord, Jesus, baptize me with your Holy Spirit. Baptize me with your Holy Spirit and why don't you just open your mouth and just pray, right? Just say, Lord, fill me, baptize me, anoint me with the Holy Spirit. Baptize me in the Holy Spirit. And those of us who already pray in tongues, you know, just between you and the Lord, just want to request you to begin to start praying just between you and the Lord. Maybe you want to sing out in tongues. Paul talks about that. I pray with the understanding. I pray in tongues. I sing with the understanding. But I also sing with the Spirit, he says. So yeah, just begin to do that, right? Just between you and the Lord. Yeah, and you can also expect the Lord to release the other gifts of the Spirit. Right? Maybe it's a word of knowledge. Maybe it's prophecy. Maybe it's a word of wisdom. And yeah, so we perceive, right? We are keen in our spiritual perception. We're saying, okay, what is it God? What is it that you're putting in my heart? What is it that you are showing in my heart? Is it something visual? Is it a scripture that you're quickening? Is it an impression like a weight on my heart? Whatever it is we are, you know, spiritually perceiving it, right? Sensitive to whatever the Lord is putting in our hearts. Just pray. Father God, we just want to thank you for this time, oh God. And according to your word, we pray right now and we ask, oh God, that you would baptize, oh God, each and everyone here baptize in the Holy Spirit. Baptize in the Holy Spirit. Lord Jesus, we call upon you because you are the baptizer. And so we ask, oh God, and say, Lord, baptize us, oh God, baptize me, baptize us in the Holy Spirit. Now just say, Lord, baptize me in the Holy Spirit. In your own words, in your own language, just tell the Lord, Lord, baptize me in the Holy Spirit and release those gifts in me. Release all the gifts in me, God, and the gifts of tongues, Lord, release it in me, God. And just begin to just thank the Lord at this time. Just thank the Lord and say, Lord, I thank you for the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I thank you for filling me with your Holy Spirit. I thank you that, Lord, you're doing this for me and in me. I thank you, Lord. Just go ahead and thank the Lord and pray with your heart. Don't worry about the person standing next to you. Don't worry about that. Yeah, just between you and the Lord and your hunger for the Lord and your desire for more of God, right? We all want to live a spiritual life in the higher plane, higher than before. So we want to step into that higher realm. So just go ahead and pray out. Yes, God, we thank you, Lord. We thank you. We thank you. We bless your name, Lord. We thank you, Father God. Thank you. Thank you for filling us. Thank you for, Lord. Thank you for filling us, God. Thank you for the gifts of the Spirit. Oh, God, to edify the church. Oh, God, to edify each one of us. God, we thank you, Lord. We thank you. We thank you. Your desire is God that we might be witnesses with power. Oh, Father God, that we might witness this in power. Oh, Father God. Oh, God, we thank you. That is your desire and your will. Oh, God. And so we thank you right now. We thank you for what you are doing right now, Master. Lord, even as we stand in that place of faith and expectation, God, we thank you for what you are doing. We thank you for the infilling. We thank you for the baptism. We thank you for releasing, oh, God. These gifts in us, oh, Father God. We thank you for releasing the gifts of the Spirit. We thank you for the river, oh, God, that has been released to flow, oh, God. We thank you, Master. We thank you, Lord. We thank you. We thank you, Jesus. We thank you, Jesus. Just go ahead, step out, take a step of faith and begin to pray as the Holy Spirit gives utterance. Begin to speak out, to say those words, pronounce those sounds as the Holy Spirit gives utterance. Right? Just begin to do that. Begin to do that just between you and the Lord. Just pray out loud enough. All of us are believers here. So just with the understanding, right? We just pray loud enough so you can hear. I just want to ask Pastor Nancy to go ahead and just lay hands and pray. So we will just come and lay hands on some of us and pray for more of God to fill for the gifts of God to be released. So we're going to do that, right? Online students, thank you. Let's continue to do that and be back with you in some time. Just continue to pray. Continue to pray in the Spirit. Just join you in a minute. Oh, yes, Lord, we worship you. We thank you. Thank you for this time in your presence of our God. We press in for more God. Yes, Lord, as your word declass, pursue love and desire spiritual gifts. And so we continue to pursue, continue to desire. Lord, we continue to press in for more of you, Father God. We thank you, Lord. Yes, Lord, we hunger and thirst for you, Master. Yes, Lord, because only you satisfy, oh God. We pray, God, Lord, that you would fill us, continue to fill us, that you would, we would do that every day, God, that we would Lord seek you every day, that you would continue to fill us every day, oh God. Yes, Master, we thank you. We thank you. We bless your name. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen. Amen. Okay, I think some of us are here, still here, online students. So just wanted to check. Did anyone speak in tongues for the first time? You know, when I say speak in tongues, maybe it could be a word, it could be a phrase. Anybody, you know, you sense that, okay, you pray it for the first time. Anyone else? You know, when I say pray in tongues again, we think, okay, I'm speaking long sentences, you know, not like that. It could be, it just starts with a phrase. It could be a syllable, right? But then you need to be faithful to speak it out, you know, speak it out, okay? Anybody online? Anyone? You began to pray for the first time. Okay. I don't see anyone. Okay. Maybe you're all been praying all this while. Okay. So I just wanted to encourage us. Okay. Like maybe you're saying, okay, I didn't start praying now. I didn't start praying today. Okay. So there will be many more opportunities, right? Especially even this afternoon when we have the supernatural hour talking to the in-person on-campus students. There will be times to just worship the Lord and praise Him and you step in, you know, take that step of faith and begin to thank the Lord and begin to worship the Lord and begin to speak those words that He's putting in your spirit, okay? Sometimes we cancel out saying, oh, that doesn't sound like tongues. I sense something, but that doesn't sound like tongues. We cancel it out, right? Just go ahead and speak it in faith. And you'll realize that when you speak that word, another word follows. When you speak that word, another word follows. Okay. Same goes for online students as well. So we're going to wrap up our session right now. Online students, we'll meet again tomorrow, 9 a.m. Okay. There's somebody who's undergoing surgery on Sunday, Lucy. So let's all pray for Lucy for, yeah, I don't know, surgery for what, but then let's just pray, right? Let's pray for Lord's hand upon her. Okay. This is Lucy Samuel. So let's pray. Father, we just agreed together, Lord, as a class, as students guard, we just agreed together and we pray we come before you right now for Lucy, Lord. Whatever reason for which she's undergoing surgery. Father, we pray for the manifestation of the finished work of the cross, of healing on Lucy right now, in every single cell and tissue and muscle and bone in our body guard, in every organ or guard, the finished work of the Lord of healing to be made manifest. And we call every single cell healed and restored in Jesus' name. And Lord, we pray, Father God, that you would bring about a restoration of health, that you would bring about a restoration of healing, oh God, in Lucy right now, Father God. We pray that you would remove all kinds of fear or apprehension or anxiety in the mighty name of Jesus. And we call all those things to be removed in Jesus' name. And we pray for the release of the kingdom of God. Pray for the release of the rule and reign of the King over Lucy right now, spirit, soul, and body. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen, amen. Okay, right. Okay, thank you so much online students. You're going to stop right now. Yeah, online students, yeah, you can go ahead and just declare healing over Lucy and continue to declare that. Thank you so much.